PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Independence Seaport Museum is opening a new exhibit today to mark the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.

To many Americans, it’s the forgotten war. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Revolutionary War, America was battling the British again.

And Seaport Museum curator Craig Bruns says Philadelphia was right in the thick of it. William Bainbridge, Steven Girard and Steven Decatur were among the local heroes.

“We have a tray and we have a wine cooler, and they are both beautiful, beautiful silver objects,” Burns tells KYW Newsradio, “and they were given to Steven Decatur by the people of Philadelphia. We also have Decatur’s hat and buttons from his uniform.”

Listen to Paul Kurtz’s full interview with Craig Burns in this CBS Philly podcast…